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FIDEL PADILLA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordFidel Padilla, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 80
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 80
- MICHAEL STEVEN OBRIENSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- TIMOTHY BOURKE OREILLYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- CARL EDWARD PACKARD JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.